April 27, 2005

Dylan Dog movie Dead of Night

A new script has just been bought by Platinum Studios which will convert another comic character to the movie screen, Dead of Night. I can't say I've read any Dylan Dog, but the premise sounds familiar and interesting. From Done Deal.

An ex-cop turned private investigator, is one of the few living humans to know the truth about the supernatural beings that exist on the fringes of the modern world. He takes on cases involving vampires, werewolves, zombies, and other strange creatures -- sometimes as adversaries, and sometimes as clients. He always gets his man—alive, dead, or undead...

...To be based on the Italian comic series "Dylan Dog" and inspired by events in two "Dylan Dog" graphic novels. Platinum's Scott Mitchell Rosenberg will produce. Ervin Rustemagic will executive produce. Aaron Severson and Jay Burns will co-produce.

Written by Joshua Oppenheimer and Tom Donnelly. Oppenheimer's writing credits include Sahara, A Sound of Thunder and Cowboys and Aliens - an interesting idea of Cowboys and Indians versus aliens!

Is it me or isn't the above plot just Constantine? Perhaps some Dog fan can point out the differences for us.


Posted by at April 27, 2005 06:45 PM


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>Is it me or isn't the above plot just Constantine? >Perhaps some Dog fan can point out the differences >for us.

First Dylan Dog predates Hellblazer by a number of years. Second, wasn't the first Dylan Dog-based movie "Cemetery Man" with that Rupert guy? Joe Bob says check it out.

Posted by: Skull Nine at April 27, 2005 09:24 PM

well.. hello, i came here searching news about the movie based on dylan dog... and what i see isn't so good.. I think that the writers of "sahara" will not be able to transpose dylan's atmosphere on the film... you said that it's similar to constantine, and... well they have some points in common, but dylan it's more "philosophic" or "intellectual"... it's a great comic, you should try it.
and about the movie with rupert everett, it has nothing to do with dylan, except the clothes and the actor himself (tiziano sclavi, the creator, said that dylan had to be similar to rupert everett). The movie is based on another sclavi's character, Francesco Dellamorte.

Posted by: zisho at May 17, 2005 06:56 AM